#CBC697#CBC697

#CBC697 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.063 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC697
RGB	rgb(203, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 25.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -5.73, 24.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 24.91, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0137 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.063 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4087, 55.3199, 37.2945)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC697 #979CCB

analogous

#CBAC97 #CBC697 #B6CB97

triadic

#CBC697 #97CBC6 #C697CB

tetradic

#CBC697 #97CBAC #979CCB #CB97B6

square

#CBC697 #97CBAC #979CCB #CB97B6

split-complementary

#CBC697 #97B6CB #AC97CB

monochromatic

#9A934D #B7B06E #CBC697 #DFDCC0 #F4F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CBC697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#CBC697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC697

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC697	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.063 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbd7b6',
    500: '#cbc697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc697;
$custom-light: #dbd7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.231,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81889,
    "c": 0.06281,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC697

secondary

#666CA0

accent

#44AC39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC697

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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